Atatürk s monument also contains the famous Anzac mothers quote, which attributes these words to him: You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
These words are used as part of many Anzac Day commemorations in New Zealand and Australia, and especially at Gallipoli, where the words are emblazoned on a memorial at Anzac Cove. The problem is, research has found these iconic words don t belong to Atatürk at all.
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President Joe Biden became the first US president to formally refer to atrocities committed against Armenians as a “genocide” on Saturday, 106 years after the 1915 start of an eight-year-long campaign of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Ottoman Empire that left between 1 and 1.5 million Armenians dead.
Previous presidents have refrained from using the word “genocide” in connection with the mass atrocities committed against the Armenian people in the early 20th century, and Turkey categorically denies that a genocide took place. So Biden’s declaration marks a major break from precedent, and could signal an increase in tensions with Turkey, a longtime US and NATO ally.
Armenian genocide: What happened, and why Bidenâs recognition matters
By Kelly Hayes
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Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed around World War I, and many scholars see it as the 20th century s first genocide.
WASHINGTON - The massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I is observed each year on April 24. The events are widely regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century.
Armenians have long pushed for the deaths to be recognized as genocide, a term that Turkey rejects.
This year, as many commemorate the annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Saturday, President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in modern-day Turkey was, in fact, an act of genocide, according to the Associated Press, citing anonymous U.S. officials.
Joe Biden to recognise atrocities against Armenians as genocide
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Friday s call between the two leaders was their first since Biden took office more than three months ago. The delay had become a worrying sign in Ankara; Erdogan had good rapport with former President Donald Trump and had been hoping for a reset despite past friction with Biden.
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President Joe Biden on Saturday plans to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago in modern-day Turkey were genocide, according to U.S. officials familiar with the president s deliberations.